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Judge in South Carolina Rules that Texas Hold'em is a Game of Skill
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By Gene Koprowski
Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy last week decided that Texas "Hold 'em" is a game of skill, not of chance, and is thus not covered under the laws of the state of South Carolina.


Dozens of other states have similar laws.

Though Duffy said evidence was "overwhelming" that poker was a game of skill, he said he did not have enough guidance from higher courts or state lawmakers to know if that analysis makes a difference under South Carolina law.

If the ruling is appealed, the South Carolina Supreme Court may eventually have to decide if Texas Hold 'em is legal in the state. The ruling could keep police from arresting people involved in friendly house games.

The case stemmed from a 2006 raid on a poker game that organizers said was played casually among friends but prosecutors characterized as a for-profit gambling operation.

"It's becoming quite clear the legal community agrees that this great American pastime is a game of predominant skill, not luck, and should not be considered gambling under the law," said John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Association. An estimated 55 million Americans play some form of poker.


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